Jason Thompson’s big day, artists’ fanart, and more

Although Manga: The Complete Guide has already started making the rounds, the big launch party is tonight. To celebrate, former housemate Patrick Macias revisits a 2006 article about Thompson and Shaenon Garrity turns the Overlooked Manga Festival over to him for a second week of hilarious dissections of the worst manga in English. At PopCultureShock’s Manga Recon blog, Erin F. reviews the book and scrutinizes the ratings of some of her most and least favorite manga.

At the French blog du9, Xavier Guilbert has a lengthy analysis of facial features in manga, focusing on the “big eyes” stereotype.

At MangaCast, Ed Chavez provides a peek at something we seldom see over here: Doujinshi and other offbeat works by established manga artists.

The New York Anime Festival folks have announced some more guests, including Katsushi Ota, editor of Kodansha’s Faust magazine; cosplay photographer Elena Dorfman; and Josh Elder, the author of Mail Order Ninja.